sawubona series

Emzansi, people used to have the kind of mentality that it was rude & disrepectful to walk past someone and not greet. To greet in our culture, is to simply acknowledge someone as existing. In our most formal greeting structure, a traditional handshake always accompanies the verbal greeting.
As such, different and more informal, street and colloquialist forms of handshaking developed.

Sawubona series

Sawubona series: unjani?

Sawubona series: ngiGrand!

Sawubona series: ziyasha. sure!

uAphelele noSiphelele

uMemulo kaSiphelele noAphelele: front invite

uMemulo kaSiphelele noAphelele: back invite

In Bantu tradition, there is a rite of passage called ukuMula that every young lady must pass.In modern times, this has become aligned with the 21st birthday and or the graduation celebrations of a young woman
The intention of umemulo is to officially mark the end of childhood and a begining of womanhood

This is an invite for a set of Swati twins on their day. The invite card was intended to be reminscent of a postcard, highlighting the twins own personal journey into womanhood.

sun is shining

Inspired my the ordinary things of daily life, fuelled by music…

“tell myself a new day is rising” – Bob Marley (Sun is shining)

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